he would replace secretary leon panetta. >>> lance armstrong's fall from grace continues. "new york times" reports that he's contemplating publicly admitting that he did dope. sources tell the paper he's considering an admission because he wants to persuade anti-doping officials to get back into cycling. armstro armstrong's attorney tells cnn that his client is not in talks with the u.s. or world doping agencies. throughout the years, armstrong has repeatedly and strongly denied that he used banned performance- performance-enhancing drugs. >>> it's a new year and have some new -- i have some new numbers to share with you now. december's unemployment rate first at 7.8%. another number, 155,000, that's the number of jobs added in december, adding up to more than 1.8 million jobs created last year. >>> the coastline of alaska has had a rude awake -- wake-up call this morning in the form of a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that hit off the southern coast of alaska around 4:00 am eastern. officials sent out tsunami warnings shortly after the quake but they have been canceled. there h